A musical about quilting is
the latest stage production to be performed by Southeast Community College
students and faculty. Theater instructor Dr. Jon Gruett will lead the cast and
crew in song and lyrics.
“Quilters” will take place
March 9 and 10, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. at the International Quilt Study Center and
Museum at 1523 N. 33rd St. in Lincoln. Advance tickets to the
musical will be available on Eventbrite.com for $15 plus processing fees. The
musical is a full production with an orchestra accompaniment featuring American
Folk music.
Dr. Gruett said the musical
has a cast of seven women and thought the International Quilt Center and Museum
would be the perfect location to help celebrate its 10-year anniversary.
“It’s an excellent
opportunity to see the musical in this setting,” Gruett said about the Quilt
Museum. “We will have examples of real quilts as part of the backdrop of this
production.”
The play is about the lives
of American pioneer women told through short vignettes, including girlhood,
marriage, childbirth, spinsterhood, twisters, fire, illness, and death. Each
tale involves a piece of quilting, which incorporates that concern into its
design.
“It deals with the themes of prairie
pioneers which is within this region,” Gruett added. “The whole play is about
this mother and her six daughters talking about different stories from that
time period.”
“Quilters” opened on Broadway
in 1984 for a short two-month run and was nominated for five Tony Awards,
including Best Musical.
March 9 performance: http://bit.ly/quilterstickets030918
March 10 performance: http://bit.ly/quilterstickets031018